Only 12 college hockey teams played in front of crowds that averaged at least 6,000 fans per game and eight of those teams were in the WCHA. North Dakota, the Gophers and Wisconsin were 1-2-3 in terms of the teams that playing before the largest crowds.

Roman Augustoviz spends Minnesota's winters covering college hockey, specifically the Gophers, and other University of Minnesota sports. During the summer, he writes about the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx, with a dose of U sports sprinkled in. Follow @RomanStrib on Twitter. E-mail Roman.